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Introduction
Abtex Corporation has been a leader in the design and manufacture of abrasive nylon fiber deburring brushes and machinery since 1980. Their flexible manufacturing process allows for customization to meet specific customer needs, ensuring efficient and effective brush designs. The company also offers automated brush deburring systems tailored to maximize brush performance.
Research & Development
Abtex's R&D is customer-driven, with most products custom-designed in New York. Customers can send parts to Abtex's lab for simulation and receive a detailed report and proposal for a production system.
Product Offerings
  • Disc Brushes: Ideal for deburring flat parts and machined surfaces without altering dimensions. Available in various sizes and filament densities.
  • Disc Brush Accessories: Includes spindle adapters, back-up pads, retaining nuts, and drive arbors.
  • Hex-Drive™ Brushes: Suitable for CNC and robotic deburring, allowing bidirectional rotation.
  • Fineblanking Brushes: Designed for deburring fineblanked steel parts in European drive systems.
  • In Machine Deburring: Integrates deburring into existing systems to reduce downtime.
  • End Brushes: Used in CNC, robotic, and hand-held tool deburring.
  • Flex-Hone® Flexible Honing Tool: For honing, radiusing, and heavy deburring.
  • Tube Type Brushing Tools: For light deburring and cleaning small holes.
  • Composite Hub Radial Wheels: Available in various sizes and filament types.
Overview
This document provides detailed specifications and applications for various types of industrial brushes and deburring systems offered by Abtex Corporation. It includes information on composite hub radial wheel brushes, copper center radial wheels, small diameter wheels, and custom-engineered brushes, as well as Artifex elastic-bonded abrasives and automated deburring systems.
Composite Hub Radial Wheel Brushes
These brushes are used for deburring carbide cutting tools, turbine blades, steel gears, and machined parts. The manufacturing process ensures uniform filament distribution, reducing machine fatigue and extending brush life. Ceramic filaments are available, and larger wheel IDs are recommended for higher density and efficiency.
Copper Center Radial Wheels
Suitable for CNC, in-machine, robotic, and hand-held power tool deburring. The document lists various sizes and specifications, including filament diameter, grit, arbor hole, trim length, and maximum safe free speed (MSFS).
Small Diameter Wheels
These wheels are available with silicon carbide (SC) or aluminum oxide (AO) filaments. Specifications include item diameter, filament diameter/grit, arbor hole, trim length, and MSFS.
Engineered Custom Brushes
Abtex offers custom-designed brushes for specific applications, ensuring cost-effectiveness and optimal performance. Options include abrasive and non-abrasive filaments, with ceramic or diamond abrasives available.
Artifex Elastic-Bonded Abrasives
Distributed by Abtex in the U.S., these abrasives are used for precision grinding and finishing in various industries. They are available in different qualities (SC-WP, SC-MP, SC-HP) and dimensions, with varying grit levels.
Automated Deburring Systems
Abtex provides integrated brushing tools and deburring systems, designed for specific customer applications. Systems can be customized to meet precise requirements, ensuring compatibility between brushing media and drive systems for optimal results.
Contact Information
For specific applications or inquiries, contact Abtex Corporation at 888-662-2839 or visit their website at www.abtex.com.
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We lc o m e Thank you for your interest in Abtex Corporation. We have been designing and manufacturing application specific abrasive nylon fiber deburring brushes and machinery since 1980. Abtex brushes are engineered tools. A flexible and unique manufacturing process allows us to infinitely vary any aspect of the brush. Our engineering approach and our applications laboratory enable us to produce a brush that meets your specific needs. This approach ensures that Abtex will provide the most effective and efficient design possible. As we develop brushes for new applications, our Systems Group...

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Contents 4 Disc Brushes Our research & development is customer driven. Nearly all Abtex products are custom designed and built right here in the United States, in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. We develop new products in response to customer needs. We encourage customers and prospective customers to ship parts to our lab. Our engineers and technicians will simulate your production operation in our applications lab. The parts will be returned to you with a report detailing the procedures used to finish the part and a proposal for designing and fabricating a production system for the process....

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Contact us with your specific application. 888-662-2839 Disc Brushes Disc brushes are the brush of choice for deburring precisely ground flat parts, saw cut parts, machined surfaces and other applications where sharp edges need to be removed without dimensionally changing the work piece. Abrasive filaments' flexibility allows them to follow contoured and irregular surfaces. Multiple disc brushes are used in Abtex planetary head systems. Abtex Disc Brushes Silicon Carbide Filament - Standard Density 1" Trim 7/8" Arbor Hole Silicon Carbide Filament - V Tuft 1-1/2" Trim 7/8" Arbor Hole Silicon Carbide...

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Disc Brush Accessories Abtex Disc Brush Accessories Spindle Adapter Thread size Thread Length Thread size Retaining Nuts Thread size Brushes Diameter Disc Brush Drive Arbor with Retaining Nut ltem# For Brush O.D. Shaft Dia. Shaft Length Drive Pins Back-Up Plates For mounting 12", 14" and 16" disc brushes. Fits keyed motor shafts. All have 7/8"-14 threads. Item # Plate Dia. For Brush Dia. Thread Direction For Shaft Dia. Retaining Nuts For securing 12", 14" and 16" disc brushes to back-up plates in table above. Item # Thread Direction Contact us with your specific application. 315-536-7403

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Contact us with your specific application, 315-536-7403 Hex-Drive™ Brushes Hex-Drive systems allow brushes to be rotated in both directions. Typical applications include CNC and in-machine deburring stations, as well as robotic deburring. Abtex Hex-Drive Brushes Silicon Carbide Filament - Standard Density 1" Trim Silicon Carbide Filament - V Tuft 1-1/2" Trim Silicon Carbide Rectangular Filament - V Tuft 1-1/2" Trim Abtex Hex—Drive Accessories Drive Shanks Stem Diameter Stem Length Max Brush Dia. Ceramic filament available.

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Fineblanking Brushes Abtex fineblanking brushes deburr and radius fineblanked steel parts in all European drive systems, including Niederberger, PFS, Peter Wolters and VOBHAG. Abtex Fineblanking Brushes Silicon Carbide Filament- Standard Density 1" Trim 25mm Arbor hole 1" Trim 25mm Arbor hole Other filament and grit sizes available. Ceramic filament available. Contact us with your specific application. 888-662-2839

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Contact us with your specific application. 315-536-7403 Take advantage of available in-machine capacity to reduce downtime and eliminate the extra handling needed to move parts to separate deburring center. Integrate deburring into your system using Abtex abrasive filament technology. Our engineers will evaluate your application and recommend the most appropriate brush configuration, mounting system and operating parameters. Abtex Disc Brushes Silicon Carbide Filament—VTUFT 1/4" drive pin holes 1-1/2" Trim 7/8" Arbor Hole Silicon Carbide Filament—Max Density 1/4" drive pin holes 1-1/2" Trim 7/8"...

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Applications include CNC, in-machine and robotic deburring, as well as hand-held power tool deburring. Abtex End Brush Tools Silicon Carbide Filament 1-1/8" Trim, 2-3/4" Overall Length, 1/4" Shank Ceramic filament available. Flex-Hone® Flexible Honing Tool Applications include honing, radiusing, and deburring that is too heavy for tube-type brushes. Flex-Hone Flexible Honing Tool Silicon Carbide Grit 80 grit 120 grit 180 grit Diameter (mm/inches): Other sizes, grits and abrasive types available. Contact us with your specific application, 888-662-2839

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Contact us with your specific application, 315-536-7403 Tube Type Brushing Tools Applications include light deburring, cleaning, radiusing workpieces with small holes and cross-hole deburring. Tube Type Brushing Tools—Standard and Miniature Precision Miniature Precision, Microabrasive—1000 Grit Silicate Tube Type Tools—Standard, Silicon Carbide Grit Brush Length Overall Length

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Composite Hub Radial Wheel Brushes Applications for Abtex composite hub radial wheel brushes include deburring carbide cutting tools, turbine blades, steel gears and machined parts. The Abtex composite hub radial wheel manufacturing process assures uniform distribution of the filaments, resulting in balanced wheels that reduce machine fatigue. Our higher filament density extends brush life, shortens part cycle time and increases aggression. Mounting the filaments in a virtually indestructible composite hub eliminates pre-stressing of filaments, reducing filament breakage considerably. Ceramic...

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Contact us with your specific application, 315-536-7403 Copper Center Radial Wheels Applications include CNC, in-machine and robotic deburring, as well as hand-held power tool deburring. Abtex Small Diameter Wheels SC=Silicon Carbide Filament AO=Aluminum Oxide Filament Arbor Hole Trim Length Copper Center Silicon Carbide Filament—High Density Fil. Dia./Grit Arbor Hole Trim Length 'Contact us to specify required arbor hole. Drive Arbor—Threaded Shaft Arbor Diameter Stem Diameter Stem Length Drive Arbor—Unthreaded Shaft—only one brush used Shaft Arbor Diameter Stem Diameter Stem Length Plastic...

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